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Joy Kwek joins from Morgan Stanley and is tasked with leading synergies between SMBC and SMBC Nikko, strengthening their capital markets and structured solutions offering.

French investment bank Natixis CIB has appointed Thaddeus Tien and Omkar Joshi to strengthen its Asia M&A push, with both starting in June.

Zhang Wenjie will return to the bank as Citi’s country officer and banking head for China in July.

Longtime Citi banker Ashu Khullar is promoted as Kenneth Poon leaves the banking industry.

Catherine Cai joins from Citi after the return of David Chin as regional IB head.

The Japanese brokerage firm boosts its debt origination team with the addition of former Natixis, Royal Bank of Scotland and Deutsche Bank banker John Wade.

The French bank hires David So and Maureen Yu to bolster its Asian origination efforts

Chao Li, most recently head of greater China bond syndicate, has been with the firm for more than four years.

The Deutsche Bank veteran will effectively replace Herman van den Wall Bake who left the firm last month and is set to return to Europe.